942 electricians filed 16,812 electrical permits on homes in the City of Raleigh from October 2023 to September 2026; 622 filed one in the last 12 months. The most active in the last 12 months were Romanoff Electric Residential LLC. (227 permits), Mof LLC dba: dba Michael & Son Services of NC LLC (167) and Ideal Electric Inc (158); busy is not the same as careful. Raleigh electrical permits carry no filed job value and the finished share isn't shown for electrical permits here, so this list compares firms on permits filed and recent activity only. Side by side: permits filed and permits in the last 12 months for each firm. Pick what you value and the list re-orders.
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Top 5 by electrical permits filed in the last 12 months. This is volume, not quality: a busy firm is not necessarily a careful one.
The 8 ZIP codes with the most electrical permits on homes from October 2023 to September 2026. Each opens permits by trade and the most active firms there.
27610 (2,299) 27616 (1,808) 27612 (1,774) 27609 (1,735) 27615 (1,561) 27604 (1,267) 27608 (1,101) 27613 (1,055)
Before you move a slider, the list is in a default order built only from the permit record: how much of each firm’s record is this kind of job (weight 30), how many permits it filed in the last 12 months (15) and how quickly its permits closed (10). Each measure is ranked against the other 942 firms and pulled toward the middle when a record is short.
The order comes from the Raleigh permit file, not from reviews: 622 of 942 electricians filed a permit in the last 12 months. Nobody pays to be listed or to move up, and there are no star ratings or reviews. The sliders and presets change the weights, and the order changes with them. How the records work in Raleigh.
We do not rate contractors. In this page’s default order, which uses only the permit record through Sep 2026, the top 3 are Mof LLC dba: dba Michael & Son Services of NC LLC (436 permits), Triangle Electric (425 permits) and Bee Bright Electrical (365 permits). By permits filed alone, the most active is Ideal Electric Inc with 930.
942 firms are on the list; the busiest filed 227 electrical permits in the last 12 months and the middle firm filed 3 in the whole file. Line them up on the same public measures: permits filed. Pick what matters to you and the list re-orders, for example recent activity if you need someone soon. The order comes from the permit record only, and nobody pays to be listed or to move up.
942 firms filed at least one electrical permit on homes in the City of Raleigh from October 2023 to September 2026; 622 of them filed one in the last 12 months.
We have not matched license records to Raleigh firms, so ask for the license number and check it yourself with NC Board of Examiners of Electrical Contractors license search. How to check a contractor's license in North Carolina →
Three you can check against this page: “How many electrical permits have you filed in Raleigh?” (the middle firm here filed 3; 622 of 942 filed one in the last 12 months); “What does your quote include: the permit fee and the city inspection?”; “Will you pull the permit in your company’s name, and when is the final inspection?”. All 10 questions and how to check each →
On this page: 942 firms filed 16,812 electrical permits from October 2023 to September 2026, and each firm’s name opens its own permit record. Every number comes from City of Raleigh building permits. To see one permit itself, search the address or permit number with the Raleigh permit office. How the records work in Raleigh →
Raleigh electrical permits carry no filed job value, so we can’t rank electricians by price. Get two or three written quotes; ask whether the permit fee and the city inspection are included; shortlist from the 622 firms that filed in the last 12 months. What electrical jobs cost in Cary →
We do not rate or collect reviews. Instead each of the 942 electricians here is shown with its permit record: 16,812 permits. Read reviews on other sites and use this page to check them against the record. Reviews vs permit records →
Every number on this page comes from City of Raleigh building permits: 942 firms filed 16,812 electrical permits on homes in the City of Raleigh from October 2023 to September 2026, and 622 of them filed one in the last 12 months. The middle firm has 3 permits in the whole file. A short record leaves more uncertainty, and some jobs never require a permit.
No usable job value is recorded for this permit type, so no typical cost is shown. See how we compare records.
Most Raleigh electrical permits are filed in July (115 against an average month of 100); December is the quietest (81). When each trade is busiest in Raleigh →